33. Determination

Once you put your mind to it, you can achieve anything you set out to do. Eliminate once and for all the words "can't" and "impossible" from your speech and thought. Substitute "I can and I will" as a mantra. Sound it in mind whenever you become disheartened.

32. Beauty

The world is a beautiful place. Make time every day to appreciate this.

31. On Fighting Battles

A favourite expression of your Grandfather's, Dominic Timothy Mulvey, was "Never fight a battle you can't win." This implies finding out first whether you can win or not. Unfortunately that is not always possible and some battles have to be fought regardless.It is wise however to avoid battles that can't be won or those that give you a Pyrrhic victory. Fighting for justice or for your own corner is terrific but useless fighting - where you end up as the victim - is a waste of time and usually injurs you and sets you back. How do you know when you have lost a fight ? You have lost when you have been injured more than the other guy or when you have lost something precious to the other guy either as a prize or as something destroyed forever by the enemy.

30. Self-Reliance

If you are to get to where you want to be in life, you cannot rely on anyone but yourself in order to make it happen since you are the only person that you will be absolutely certain will be with you at all times whenever problems in life crop up. You need to be certain that you can call on yourself at all times.